An "authentic" martial arts film is set to hit theatres and enthral audiences with real combats for which no protective gears have been used, claim makers of "Ranviir the Marshal".

Scheduled for opening this October, it stars Rishab 'Rishi' Sharma, a black belt in martial arts, who makes his Bollywood debut with the film that is being launched by his producer father Alok Sharma.

It has been directed by Milind Ukey, known for his acclaimed Marathi film "Devki" and "Paathshaala" in Hindi.

"This is the first authentic martial arts film in Indian cinema. You will get to watch proper techniques of the kicks and the punches associated with different martial arts. Every technicality of the sport has been taken care of," Ukey told PTI during an interaction.

"This is not just an exhibition of martial arts. The whole drama, relationship and causality should emerge from martial art and that is how I have designed the film" says the director who has also scripted the film.

Four professional mixed martial arts fighters were roped in to design the combats and it took them six months to create all the fight scenes, prior to the shoot which the director says was completed in 43 days.

Over 200 original martial artists have acted in the film, shot in Dehradun, Rishikesh and Mumbai.

"We had been very professional. A typical action director can't do the martial arts fight scenes. So we hired professional martial artists, who have also acted in the movie. They designed the fights which were then executed by the action director," says Ukey.

Ukey, who spent five years with filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali as Associate Director has depicted in the film eight martial art forms including judo, karate and taekwondo.

"Essentially the storytelling was amiss in initial Indian martial arts films. It is a form that Indian filmmakers never understood. Maybe because they are not passionate about martial arts. Ranviir is not an ordinary action movie."

Alok says the USP of the film is that all the stunts and actions are real.

"We never used wires for flying kicks. They are all pure ground level real fights, combats. No extra protective gears, have been used and all stunts are originally done by the actors. If you are hit, you are done for the day," says Alok.

Seasoned actor Rajesh Khatter, who plays the villain -- Rana says it was a challenging role for him to play.

"After 'Don 2', 'Race' and 'Khiladi 786', I was looking for a new kind of role. An actor always wants a different challenge and scope . And this character is opposite to what I played in Manjunath. Rana is not a typical villain. I had never played blue-blooded royal character," he says.

Rishi, who graduated from The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York, considers it as a baptism with fire.

"I got hurt enough. When we were shooting for the climax, I had bruises everywhere. There were three or four places which hurt even when I was lying down, doing nothing."

"As a martial artist I am not nervous because I have given my 100 per cent. But it is a beginning and beginnings are scary. Acting wise I have given my best in every shot," says Rishi who has also signed a film with a big production house.

Alok says he could have taken the movie to a different level had he involved acclaimed Bollywood fight trainer Yajnesh Shetty, who has trained three generations of actors including Amitabh Bachchan and Hrithik Roshan.

Shetty who is in business for the last 35 years has given a thumbs up to the film saying it will give a new dimension to the sport.

Khattar views "Ranviir the Marshal," as promotion of martial arts as a sport.

"The message is that martial art is a way of life. We have tried to tell the students that most important thing is discipline and we have chosen a medium which is widely understood, that is cinema. There is a dialogue in the movie, 'Martial Arts Ek Tareeka Hai, Ek Aam Aadmi Se Kaabil Insaan Banne Ka Safar'.

"In today's time, we are talking about women's security and women's empowerment. It will have an influence on the psyche of the men. That we should not deviate towards crime.

Martial arts teaches you discipline. It's a sport, more internalised, a balance between physical energy and internal discipline."

The film has cast singer Shibani Kashyap as lead actress who is a Martial arts disciple in it. Kashyap has also lent her voice in the film, whose music has been directed by Ricky Mishra.

The official trailer of the film is scheduled to be launched in mid September.